(Might 18, 2023 / JNS) International vacationers are flocking to Israel’s capital once more, however the variety of guests has nonetheless returned to pre-pandemic ranges, in response to a report launched on Wednesday, a day forward of Jerusalem Day.
The Jerusalem Institute for Coverage Analysis’s thirty seventh Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem presents a complete image of the town’s state of affairs.
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Final 12 months noticed double the variety of worldwide guests in comparison with 2021, with room occupancy in metropolis motels at 55% in 2022 versus simply 22% the earlier 12 months. Nonetheless, in 2019, earlier than the pandemic, occupancy stood at 72%.
Resort revenues final 12 months reached 2 billion shekels ($549 million), marking a 181% enhance in comparison with 2021 however nonetheless nicely under 2019’s report of two.5 billion shekels ($686 million).
Jerusalem in 2022 was the highest vacation spot in Israel for international guests by way of in a single day stays at 34%, however was far much less widespread amongst Israelis, drawing solely 8% of in a single day stays in contrast with figures of 42% for Eilat, 11% for the Useless Sea and eight% for Tel Aviv
Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, Aug. 30, 2022. Photograph by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.”After three difficult years of Covid-19, which devastated tourism to the town, it’s heartening to see Jerusalem progressively returning to the degrees of exercise we had earlier than the outbreak of the pandemic,” stated Dr. David Koren, CEO of the Jerusalem Institute for Coverage Analysis.
Jerusalem on Thursday marks the 56th anniversary of its reunification within the 1967 Six-Day Conflict with celebratory occasions being all through the capital, together with the annual flag march by the Previous Metropolis.
Different key findings
• Israel’s most populous metropolis is approaching a million residents—in 2021 its inhabitants was 966,200, which was double that of Tel Aviv. Greater than 1.4 million individuals dwell within the larger Jerusalem space in 80 localities surrounding Israel’s capital.
• The median age of Jerusalemites on the finish of final 12 months was 24.2 years, in comparison with 30.1 for Israel at giant. Kids ages 0-14 signify 33% of the town’s inhabitants. The fertility fee of three.9 final 12 months was considerably increased than the final Israeli fertility fee of three and even increased in comparison with Tel Aviv (1.9) and Haifa (2.1). The delivery fee for Jewish ladies in Jerusalem was 4.4, whereas for Arab ladies within the metropolis the determine was 3.1.
Orthodox Jewish ladies dance by the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Previous Metropolis, Might 15, 2023. Photograph by Nati Shohat/Flash90
• In 2021, a complete of twenty-two,700 residents migrated from Jerusalem, however about half of that was to localities surrounding the town.
• There have been low labor participation charges for haredi males and Arab ladies, however a pointy enhance in labor drive participation for Arab males, which reached 81% in 2022.
• The poverty fee in Jerusalem is considerably increased than general in Israel with 39% of Jerusalem’s households (125,900) dwelling under the poverty line final 12 months and about half of Jerusalem’s kids dwelling under the poverty line (202,400).
• In 2022, a report variety of 7,300 building permits have been issued in Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem is within the midst of a revolutionary shift that’s already making its mark: the town is prospering and rising, and its companies and tourism are on the rise,” remarked Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion.
